In Michael Ende’s modern fable Momo, first published in 1973, the title character is a young girl who lives in a ruined amphitheater on the outskirts of an unnamed European city. Momo’s outer appearance is a bit strange, with her wild black hair and man’s jacket that is too big for her, but she has … Continue reading German Literature Month: Momo
Rinkitink in Oz, book 10 in the series, is a book I never read as a child. My library didn't have it, and I didn't make an effort to seek it out, since I'd heard it "wasn't really an Oz book." In fact, it's an unpublished, unrelated story that Baum wedged into the series by … Continue reading #Ozathon24: An Oz Appendage
In one month, I'll be in Chestnut Ridge, New York, where I will be giving a lecture and workshop based on my book, When Fragments Make a Whole. Please share this information with anyone who might be interested and able to come, and of course, consider yourself invited! Working with the Healing Power of the … Continue reading Coming Soon: Lecture and Workshop in Chestnut Ridge, NY
I am pleased to announce that my blogging friend Robin Bates has a new book available: Better Living Through Literature: How Books Change Lives and (Sometimes) History. Can books create such personal and social change, and is that in general a good thing? I think all of us here believe the answer is "yes", but … Continue reading Book Excerpt: Better Living Through Literature
In The Patchwork Girl of Oz, another animated character is added to the roster of inanimate objects brought to life in Oz: the Patchwork Girl, created out of a crazy quilt to be a servant to a magician's wife. "Scraps" resists that dreary fate, though. Due to the intervention of a boy named Ojo, she's … Continue reading #Ozathon24: A colorful new character
Dean Street Press books are almost always fun to read, but more fun in company with others! So when Liz started a "Dean Street December" event last year, I was happy to join in. In spite of the sad fact that due to the unexpected death of publisher Rupert Heath, no further books will be … Continue reading Dean Street December: The Fair Miss Fortune
This week’s topic is hosted by Hopewell’s Library of Life. It’s been a month full of amazing nonfiction books! Which ones have made it onto your TBR? Be sure to link back to the original blogger who posted about that book! Indeed, it's been another wonderful Nonfiction November, and as usual I'd discovered so many … Continue reading Nonfiction November: New to my TBR
I've never done this meme before, although I've seen it floating around for years, but when I saw Annabel's 2022 edition I thought I'd give it a try, and it was quite entertaining to complete the prompts with books I read in 2022. What would your answers be? In high school I was: Educated People … Continue reading My Life in Books 2022
My review of Elodie Harper's novel, The House with the Golden Door, is now up at Shiny New Books! The House with the Golden Door returns to the world of Elodie Harper’s acclaimed novel, The Wolf Den, set in first century CE Pompeii. If you haven’t read the first in the series, this review may … Continue reading Over at Shiny New Books: The House with the Golden Door
The twice yearly "Reading clubs" hosted by Simon and Karen are a lot of fun. I'm going to be reviewing 1954's The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis shortly, since it was also this month's read for the Narniathon. But I found a couple of earlier reviews that I posted at The Emerald City … Continue reading #1954Club week begins
